Alien Big Cat (ABC) reports from the Paranormal Database

Missing Sheep

Location: Dromara (County Down) - Farms around Dromara and Hillsborough; Hill Road, Ballynahinch Road and Mullaghdrin Road areasType: ABCDate / Time: August / September 2013Further Comments: A large cat was held accountable for mauling and killing sheep in this area. Police issued a warning for anyone who spotted a large cat to contact them.

Location: Earlston (Borders) - General areaType: ABCDate / Time: 1983Further Comments: Several witnesses reported seeing a large golden cat in the area, though it soon vanished without trace.

ABC Footprints

Location: East Mersea (Essex) - Sea wall near Cooper's beach holiday parkType: ABCDate / Time: 1996Further Comments: In excess of seventeen ABC footprints were found here, each 6 inches across with extended claws. Baring in mind that cats do not walk with their claws extended, this could well be either a mistake or a fake.

Big Cat

Location: East Runton (Norfolk) - Railway EmbankmentType: ABCDate / Time: 19 February 1964Further Comments: Following up ABC reports, the area was combed by police with dogs; nothing was ever found.

Labrador-Sized Cat

Location: Eastbourne (Sussex) - Faversham RoadType: ABCDate / Time: 8 January 2007, 22:30hFurther Comments: Whilst walking his two Yorkshire terriers, John Hescott encountered a large black cat. The feline walked away from a children's play area towards a service road. The sighting was reported to the police.

Large Black Cat

Location: Eastbourne (Sussex) - South Downs bordering townType: ABCDate / Time: 1 July 1979Further Comments: The witness who saw this cat said it was the size of a small pony - he watched it as it passed within three meters of him.

Cat on the Wall

Location: Eggington (Bedfordshire) - White House, an old people's homeType: ABCDate / Time: October 1995Further Comments: Seen sitting on the wall several times during October, residents called the police when the large cat looked like it was going to have a face off with their pet cat.

White Lion

Location: Ellesmere (Shropshire) - Lyneal Mill CottagesType: ABCDate / Time: August 1997Further Comments: This large albino cat was seen close to the cottages and was reported to resemble a lion. The same area is reportedly haunted by a headless white woman.

Big Cats

Location: Elveden (Suffolk) - General areaType: ABCDate / Time: April 1985Further Comments: Elveden residents reported several sightings of a large cat or cats during this month.

Lynx

Location: Evesham (Hereford & Worcester) - Area around Unipart site, Shinehill LaneType: ABCDate / Time: Spring 2006Further Comments: A brown, pointed eared cat was spotted on this site by a security guard, the third such sighting at this location.

Beast of Exmoor

Location: Exmoor (Devon) - General areaType: ABCDate / Time: Late twentieth centuryFurther Comments: Police, soldiers, big game hunters... all have staked out the moor at various times over the past thirty years in the hope of catching the big cat that has killed hundreds of sheep. None have succeeded.

Large Black Cat

Location: Exmouth (Devon) - Hulham RoadType: ABCDate / Time: Early Morning, Winter, 1989Further Comments: Two sisters spotted what they described as a black panther cross the top of the field by the hedge line. The creature then graciously jumped through the hedge and disappeared.

Location: Farnham (Surrey) - General areaType: ABCDate / Time: Eighteenth century to twentieth centuryFurther Comments: The sightings of a large cat in the neighbourhood are said to date back at least two hundred years.

First ABC?

Location: Farnham (Surrey) - Heathy Park ReservoirType: ABCDate / Time: 16 July 1962, 07:45hFurther Comments: One of the first modern ABC sightings, Water Board worker Ernest Jellett staff spotted a large black cat. Over the following months, others witnessed a cheetah stalking the area - it was never caught.

Brown ABC

Location: Felixstowe (Suffolk) - Exact area unknownType: ABCDate / Time: 1996Further Comments: Part of a rash of sightings of ABCs in and around the Ipswich area during 1996. The creature was nicknamed 'Paws' by local media.

Cat the Size of an Alsatian

Location: Fobbing (Essex) - Waterworks DepotType: ABCDate / Time: 12 & 25 August 1982Further Comments: Seen twice by different people in the same area, this cat possessed a thick coat and left a strong smell of urine from one place where it had lain.

Slinky Cat

Location: Forres (Moray) - Fields near Dalvey HouseType: ABCDate / Time: 25 January 2009Further Comments: While feeding their horses, two women spotted a long tailed black cat emerge out of nearby woodland. Several of the horses fled across the field, and when the women approached the black feline, it ran off.

Tailless Tiger

Location: Fort William (Highland) - Glen NevisType: ABCDate / Time: 2001Further Comments: Two witnesses running in the area observed a three metre long cat drinking from the river. One of the women said looked like a tailless tiger with white eyes with no pupils. The creature ran off when it spotted the runners. Local papers reported the deaths of several sheep a few days after the sighting.

Location: Gatwick (Essex) - Fields parallel to railway track near the airportType: ABCDate / Time: March 2007Further Comments: A woman travelling on the train spotted a black cat stalking a herd of cows in a field. She reported that the creature was about half the size of one of the nearby cows.

Leaping Cat

Location: Glemsford (Suffolk) - Cornfield in the areaType: ABCDate / Time: 2006, SummerFurther Comments: A witness watched a large black cat as it leapt around in a cornfield, as if hunting. A week latter the witness and a friend came across footprints almost the size of dinner plates in the same field.

Black Cat

Location: Glen Prosen (Angus) - Wooded hill in the areaType: ABCDate / Time: June, mid 2000s, 15:00hFurther Comments: Disturbed by a loud scream, two walkers looked around and spotted a black cat, around four foot long with a long thick tail and shoulders that were higher than its body. The cat looked at the walkers then disappeared into the bushes. Dogs could then be heard barking in the distance from several directions.

Black Cat

Location: Glenfield (Leicestershire) - Fields in the areaType: ABCDate / Time: 2006Further Comments: Policemen, farmers and walkers have all spotted an unidentified large black cat in the area.